there are no errors against the individual domain error log as it doesn't connect to the vhost. in the /var/log/httpd error logs it shows the following but i think this is just because there is no signed certificate linked to that area

Still no joy though ispconfig doesnt output any ssl data to the /etc/httpd/conf/sites-enabled/domain.com.vhost file

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You found already why ispconfig is not writing it: "But apache refuses to start"

ISPConfig writes the config, tests it, if apache fails to start, the config gets rolled back to the last working state automatically.

Please remove your manual modifications in the vhost config file as they will block the configuartion process for all other sites.

The steps to enable ssl are:

1) Select an IP address for the website. * will not work!
2) enable the ssl checkbox in the website settings.
3) enter the details for the ssl certificate on the ssl tab, select "create certificate" as action. Do not use special chars like umlauts or accebts in the ssl cert details.

You found already why ispconfig is not writing it: "But apache refuses to start"

ISPConfig writes the config, tests it, if apache fails to start, the config gets rolled back to the last working state automatically.

Please remove your manual modifications in the vhost config file as they will block the configuartion process for all other sites.

The steps to enable ssl are:

1) Select an IP address for the website. * will not work!
2) enable the ssl checkbox in the website settings.
3) enter the details for the ssl certificate on the ssl tab, select "create certificate" as action. Do not use special chars like umlauts or accebts in the ssl cert details.

The ssl cert will be created now within 1 - 2 minutes.

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Point 1 was the issue. It is now outputting to vhost file!

However, its still redirecting to the wrong directory and the certificate supplied is the server one not the one added in the control panel.

I am acessing this via an entry in my hosts file should that make any difference?

i am currently using ISPconfig3 as an DNS server only.
Now i want to enable ssl for my webcontrol panel.
Kindly let us know how i can enable it.
Please not that this is our live DNS server.
its currently working on http://ns1.example.com:8080
now i want it should work on https ie https://ns1.example.com:8080
Please let me know the steps.